Project Details

The Intranet Service

The new Intranet service will hold materials that are intended
for use within the university.

Most materials on this service will be access controlled, so
that documents which are internal to a group will be visible only
to members of that group. The owner of a document will be able
to control who can access the document. It is hoped that this
will facilitate group working.

The Internet Service

This will be a continuation of the existing www.lboro service and
will focus on providing information about the university to those
outside the university, such as prospective students and potential
industrial collaborators. Some significant reorganisation will
take place, as the publicity materials are revised and existing
internal materials are moved to the new Intranet service.

Progress

Much of the technical work has been completed.

The project is evaluating the needs of information
providers on campus using focus groups to provide feedback on
proposals. Once this analysis is complete a final design
revision will be produced.

Currently the Intranet service is being pilot tested by two
service departments and will soon be made available to a wider
audience.

Timetable

The Internet/Intranet Project nominally runs until the end of
October 1999. Computing Services will be supporting the new
Intranet service for six months beyond that date but support for
the longer term is not currently settled.